1995 Ford Ranger - When Hot it Will Not Start

Lately when my Ranger gets hot and you shut it down it will not start
again without waiting for a period of time. Sometimes 20 minutes and
sometimes several hours. It happened once last summer, and I brought it

to a garage and he could not figure it out either, so I am hoping to get
some ideas from the group. It has happened twice in the last three days.
The only things I can think of are the fuel pump fuse (which is mounted
on the fender), the fuel pump itself (which to me really does not make
sense since the problem seems to be heat assoc.), so I ruled that out.
One thing I just thought of, could it be the oxygen sensor?
Thanks in advance for your help
ChrisW

Will it start - hot- when you floor it?
If so, you may have leaky injector(s)... and has your mileage changed? If
you smell slight sulfur from your exhaust occasionally, it may be the Engine
Coolant Temo sensor

I had an 83 that would stop randomly while driving ... it was an
ignition control module and cost me about $30 and 15 min of
screwdriver work to replace.
Another thought might be what happend to our Civic ... in the morning
it would start fine, in the afternoon it would "crank" but not start
... after sitting in the sun all day. Took it to the mechanic and he
diagnosed an electrical component that would be hot in the sun and not
allow the connection to take place that would get the crank to the
engine. $70 bucks for the part, $30 for labor.
Good luck
~BJ (soon to be girlfoot)

If it's the ign module, (which it may be) does it HAVE "one" -Distributor,
I mean- it prolly wont show in code... same with coil (which it prolly isnt).

no. car will start just fine with bad or missing O2 sensor.
An idea - not that i've had it happen.. could be the MAP (BAP) sensor. It's
all electronic thus susceptible to heat related repeated failure.

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